western mentality

The philosophy behind Siddhartha is to live poor as posible to obtain the highest spiritual understanding. Getting rid of all the wants and needs tunes the mind to a higher level. The higher level is where you can reach nirvana, which is a total understanding of the world around you. On the other hand western mentality is to pray to one god and give offerings, so when you die you rise to heaven. The mentality is to not understand everything that goes done, but to trust God and know everything happens for a reason. and when you die you will rise and understand...hopefully.